Silicon Valley may be the tech center of the world, but Virginia is the undisputed data center capital, with more capacity than China or Europe.
Cisco May Need to Open the Coffers to Remain Competitive
Analysts believe Cisco may have to spend big on acquisitions if it wants to remain competitive in a changing tech landscape.
Oracle Adds Five Cloud Regions In Bid to Take On Rivals
Oracle has added five new cloud regions as it works to take on Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud market, according to a company press release. According to the announcement, Oracle has“added local regions in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Australia (Melbourne),…
Amazon Web Services Will Open Data Centers In Spain
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it is planning on opening data centers in Spain, making it AWS’ seventh infrastructure region in Europe. Having a local infrastructure region will be a boon to Spanish companies, giving them the ability to address…
Google Says Its “Mission Impossible” Cloud Platform is the Most Secure
Neal Mueller, Security and Networking lead for Google Cloud, recently was interviewed about security and other important aspects of using the Google Cloud Platform to host websites, online retailers and other data intensive applications. Should I move our online applications…
Facebook’s New Iowa Data Center To Be “Among the Most Advanced of Its Kind”
Facebook has officially announced a brand new data center in Altoona, Iowa, which they say will be among the “most advanced and energy efficient facilities of its kind” when it’s completed. The data center will be built with the same…
Cute One-Eyed Dog Guards Google’s Oklahoma Data Center
Urs Holzle, Google’s senior vice president of technical infrastructure, this week pointed his followers on Google+ toward a local Oklahoma television news station and a report on an interesting Googler working at Google’s Pryor, Oklahoma data center. From the Google+…
Google Conserves Water And Cools Servers At The Same Time
Greenpeace really likes Google and their commitment to using more efficient ways to power their data centers across the country. I’m sure the conservation group would also be delighted by Google’s recycled water cooling system. Jim Brown, Google’s Data Center…